Article Volume 14, Number 10 16 October 2013 doi: 10.1002/ggge.20243 ISSN: 1525-2027 Moytirra: Discovery of the first known deep-sea hydrothermal vent field on the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores A. J. Wheeler School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland (
[email protected]) B. Murton National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, UK J. Copley Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK A. Lim School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland J. Carlsson School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Now at School of Biology and Environmental Science, National University of Ireland - Dublin, Dublin, Ireland P. Collins Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland - Galway, Galway, Ireland Now at School of Biology and Environmental Science, National University of Ireland - Dublin, Dublin, Ireland B. Dorschel School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Now at Geosciences/Geophysics, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany D. Green National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, UK M. Judge Geological Survey of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland V. Nye Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK J. Benzie, A. Antoniacomi, and M. Coughlan School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland K. Morris Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK © 2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. 4170 WHEELER ET AL.: MOYTIRRA DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENT 10.1002/ggge.20243 [1] Geological, biological, morphological, and hydrochemical data are presented for the newly discovered Moytirra vent field at 45oN.